Zombieland (2009)

Zombieland Synopsis

Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

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It’s been close to five years since Zombieland saw Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin’s zombie-hunters prowl across the Southern states trying to find a new home. Most people assumed that a long-touted sequel would never materialize, but now Sony Pictures have surprisingly announced several details that suggest they’re taking a potential follow-up very seriously.

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After the surprise box office success of Zombieland in 2009, everyone involved was quick to promise a sequel. Then everyone involved immediately ran off and did other things, managing to find ways not to work on Zombieland 2 at all. It’s kind of like what happened with Star Trek, except Star Trek is Star Trek.

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Harrelson says he isn’t so sure he wants to return to that world. He explains, “I'm sure it will happen if everyone does it, but I'm not sure it's the right thing to do.” As one of the “everyones” who would have to do it, whether or not he thinks it’s the right thing to do is sort of important. And Harrelson says, “I don't feel like a sequels guy.”
Woody’s talked openly about how great he thought the first movie was, so why wouldn’t he want to do another one?

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The movie sounds way, way more in the Zombieland wheelhouse than something like Mission: Impossible 4, and while Fleischer seems like a director who can do anything, a more moderate step up for his second film

Fleischer has been the belle of the ball recently with projects being thrown his direction left and right, including Tom Cruise himself crawling out of his Scientology cave in hopes to sign the director

Can we all just agree that we'd see pretty much whatever Fleischer wants to make next, whether it's a random comedy or some giant blockbuster? I would wonder how equipped Fleischer would be to handle something as big as M:I 4

We’ve got a sequel coming from Sony’s 3D department, the cast planning to return, writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese about to put pen to paper and hopes to shoot at the end of this year or in early 2011. Until the plot details are all hashed out, what more can you ask for?

Zombieland 2 is now pretty much a certainty and that means the first film’s writers, Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese are already full of ideas. The movie’s also slated to be in 3D, and that means their ideas

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Ever since Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick admitted that the movie began as a TV series, there's been discussion of a sequel for the massively profitable zombie comedy. Everyone seemed on board to do it so long as Sony was willing to pay for it

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You’ve see zombies, but you’ve never seen them this funny. You’ve heard the buzz and by now you know that Zombieland is a must see. So much the better if you’re able to catch it tonight at a midnight showing

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You know what happens when an idea starts off as a TV show, right? Lots and lots of ideas that can't fit into a feature running time. And you know what that means: sequel! The ending of Zombieland suggests that a sequel would be welcome if anyone were crazy enough to finance it

The stars of Zombieland are clearly Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin, but the film features a mystery actor in a very prominent cameo role. As reported by Shock Till You Drop, that role initially belonged to the late Patrick Swayze

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I’m more than a little tired of zombies, but sick of the undead or not there’s no denying that Zombieland looks kind of cool. In fact it may be even cooler than we’ve imagined. Photographer David Strick was able to hang around on the Zombieland set

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After showing off some R-rated footage and earning raves from the crowd, Zombieland left Comic Con floating on a wave of good buzz. Now they're capitalizing on it by releasing a new red-band trailer, which shows off even more gore, swear words

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